While in Battle Through the Heavens, one can pre-appoint oneself as an emperor.

Chapter 183 Netherworld Poison Fire

Beneath the low-hanging leaden clouds, a fierce wind swept across the ground, carrying ice crystals and polishing the gray-black gravel into sharp, razor-sharp edges.

This is the far northern desert, like an execution ground forgotten by time. Twisted dead trees lie on the dark brown gravel beach, their cracked bark frozen with millions of years of frost and snow.

At this moment, a figure in white robes stood in mid-air, his hands rapidly forming a series of complex and intricate hand seals at a dazzling speed.

Chen Xiao's pupils contracted sharply. As his palms flew, the icy blue palm print materialized and spun wildly in his palms. His fighting spirit surged like boiling magma, drawing in the surrounding energy of heaven and earth like rivers flowing into the sea.

In an instant, the spinning palm print froze, and a sharp pressure erupted from Chen Xiao's body.

"Earth-Swept Seal!"

A furious shout echoed through the empty space, and a palm print was suddenly pressed down.

Amidst the deafening roar, the earth seemed to be struck by the fist of a giant god. Centered on the point where the palm print landed, spiderweb-like cracks spread wildly as if they were alive. A huge palm print with a diameter of a hundred feet was deeply embedded in the ground, and the rocks at the edges crumbled inch by inch. The energy waves formed by the aftershocks were like a raging sea, crushing giant rocks into powder wherever they passed.

The Earth-Covering Seal, the third move of the Emperor's Seal Technique, draws upon the power of the Nine Netherworlds to suppress the eight wastelands and six directions.

With a single palm strike, mountains and seas are overturned!

Looking at the striking palm print on the ground, resembling a meteorite crater, Chen Xiao nodded in satisfaction.

Since parting ways with Xun'er and Qinglin that day, Chen Xiao has been traveling north with Xiao Yixian.

During their journey, the two used a wormhole to reach the Northern Desert in six days.

However, once you start from the northern desert, there are no more convenient space wormholes further north, and you can only fly around on your own.

However, after more than twenty days, the two could clearly sense that the temperature between heaven and earth was getting lower and lower, to the point where ordinary people could hardly survive. This made the places they passed through increasingly sparsely populated, and in the last half month, they had not seen a single living person.

This place is like a forgotten no-man's land!

However, Chen Xiao was certain that the two had not left the territory of Zhongzhou, which showed just how vast the Dou Qi Continent was.

"The power of this Emperor Seal Technique is truly astonishing. With this Earth-Covering Seal, even a mid-level Dou Zong would be no match for you."

A fragrant breeze wafted from her side, and the figure of Little Fairy Doctor appeared.

She was still dressed in a well-fitting purple and white dress; the stronger she became, the less affected she was by the changing seasons.

Chen Xiao nodded slightly and smiled, "A high-level Earth-rank cultivation technique, a two-star Dou Zong, supplemented by the Emperor Seal Technique—if this still can't handle a mid-level Dou Zong, then it would be too disappointing."

During this month, Chen Xiao had already changed his cultivation method, and with the blessing of the Zongyuan Pill, his cultivation level had reached the second-star Dou Zong.

Although his strength wasn't great, Chen Xiao was confident he could easily handle five- or six-star Dou Zong as long as he didn't encounter any ancient races' Dou Zong.

Little Fairy Doctor, on the other hand, is still at the three-star Dou Zun level.

The astonishing rate of improvement of the Calamity Poison Body finally slowed down after reaching the Dou Zun level, giving Chen Xiao a chance to catch up.

The Little Fairy Doctor smiled gently, gazing at the distant horizon.

"Once we reach that snowfield, we should have entered the northern continent. Where is the Blackwater Abyss you mentioned?"

"To be precise, at the junction of the Northwest Continent, the Central Continent, and the Northern Continent, let's slightly adjust our direction..."

It won't take long to get there.

Little Fairy Doctor nodded gently, and the two immediately set off again.

Just as Chen Xiao had predicted, half a day later, the two of them, who were flying at high speed, seemed to have broken through an invisible wall of fire. The heat wave that rushed towards them was in stark contrast to the chill of the previous moment.

The landscape on the ground is no longer a vast desert; gradually, barren mountains and precipitous peaks come into view.

Chen Xiao and Little Fairy Doctor exchanged a glance, tacitly slowing down and lowering their altitude to fly at a low altitude.

After passing through one treacherous peak after another, a spectacular view suddenly unfolded before them.

In the depths of the canyon, billowing black mist surged and churned like a living thing, forming an eerie dividing line with the howling ice and snow world a hundred miles to the right.

Beneath the surging black mist lies a pool of inky mud, accumulated over countless years, forming a vast, black swamp.

The surface of the mud pit was covered with purplish-black mycelium. Chen Xiao and Little Fairy Doctor could easily see countless tiny poisonous mosquitoes and insects moving among them, their chirping making their scalps tingle.

"This must be the Blackwater Abyss; it truly lives up to its name."

Looking around at his surroundings, Chen Xiao said softly.

Little Fairy Doctor nodded slightly, and with a gentle wave of her jade hand, a barrier firmly enveloped the two of them.

"This place is somewhat similar to Luoshenjian. The pervasive miasma is highly poisonous, making it impossible for ordinary magical beasts and insects to survive. Even the flying mosquitoes we see have mutated into highly poisonous creatures."

The saying goes, "Strange places breed strange things." In such harsh environments, even a tiny ant can survive.

None of them can be viewed with conventional eyes.

The sound of weeping came from the depths of the Black Swamp. Chen Xiao stared intently and saw that the dark mud pool was like boiling iron, constantly spewing out foul-smelling bubbles. When it burst, the poisonous water splashed out and corroded the withered leaves with grotesque holes.

"Only in such a despised place could the Netherworld Poison Fire be born."

After casually making a comment, Chen Xiao looked at Little Fairy Doctor and said, "Let's go deeper into the area and retrieve the Netherworld Poison Fire as soon as possible."

The Netherworld Poisonous Flame ranks twentieth on the list of strange flames, one place lower than the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame.

Although the power of a strange fire cannot be judged solely by its ranking, key factors such as how long it has existed must also be considered.

However, in Chen Xiao's estimation, a single Netherworld Poison Flame could only develop to the point where it could threaten a Dou Zong powerhouse, which was already the absolute limit.

With Little Fairy Doctor and his current strength, he is fully capable of forcibly suppressing it.

After ending their conversation, the two quickened their pace and went deeper into the conversation.

It took about half an hour for both of them to notice that the surrounding temperature was getting higher and higher, and it was extremely stuffy, as if they were in a giant steamer.

Even more strangely, the dense swarms of flying mosquitoes and poisonous insects had completely disappeared, leaving only the "poof" sound of flames throughout the entire world.

Chen Xiao and Little Fairy Doctor simultaneously circulated their battle qi, as if a layer of flowing light film was attached to their eyes.

As they gazed intently, the hazy poisonous haze receded like a tide under their gaze, revealing a cluster of eerie green flames suspended above the mud deep within the black swamp, like the ghostly eyes of the underworld.

The flames had no fixed shape; sometimes they stretched out like a ghostly tongue, and sometimes they curled up into a hideous human face. They wandered aimlessly in the sultry and humid air, and wherever they passed, poisonous mist hissed and even rotten wood was quickly carbonized!

This cluster of flames, like the legendary will-o'-the-wisps, flickered in the rising poisonous miasma, inspiring fear in those who beheld it.

"This is... the Netherworld Poison Fire!"